South End Capital Corporation (SECC), named “Best” and one of “Top Ten Best” hard-money / bridge lenders in the US, respectively, by fitsmallbusiness.com and toptenreviews.com, announced today that is has reached a significant milestone in its effort to unburden small business owners encumbered by prohibitive merchant cash advances.

We provided this Akron, OH business $1,926,278 to refinance its existing mortgages on its heavy industrial property. We also paid off almost $375,000 of expensive MCAs and provided $80,000 of working capital. Our loan reduced this business’s monthly debt from $54,207 to $17,669. We delivered a 7% APR amortized over 25 years and the referring broker earned a $12,500 referral fee.

We have significantly expanded our program offerings and have outlined these important changes below. Please read this email in its entirety and don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions.

We provided this Kissimmee, FL business $965,000 to purchase real estate to meet the demands of its swelling daycare enrollment. Additionally, we included $71,000 for equipment, $9,000 for furniture and fixtures and $426,000 of unrestricted working capital! We delivered a 7% APR, amortized over 25 years with a 5%, 3%, 1% prepay penalty.

If your business has stable and recurring revenue, sufficient cash for a down payment plus six months of reserves, it makes sense to purchase commercial real estate. This is because a monthly mortgage payment is typically less than a monthly lease payment, meaning that buying commercial real estate saves you money over time. Further, owning commercial real estate gives you a large asset to leverage for future business needs.

We’ve provided another MCA consolidation loan to a Michigan industry not favored by most lenders (and for a borrower with a 620 credit score). We paid off 9 MCAs / debt positions saving this business over $10K a month!

TopTenReviews.com, a prominent product and service review website receiving over 3.7 million visitors monthly, has selected South End Capital as one of the “Top Ten” Best Bridge Lenders nationwide.

Most lenders shy away from restaurants but not South End Capital. We provided this business owner $396K of unrestricted working capital, $165K for new equipment, $125K for new furniture and fixtures and $136K for leasehold improvements. All closing costs were financed and we delivered a 7% APR, amortized over 10 years and with no prepayment penalty.

A business valuation is a calculation of what a business could potentially sell for. It factors in the seller’s discretionary earnings with a multiplier that varies by industry, both tangible and intangible assets, and the business’s current liabilities. A true business valuation can be used to negotiate a price during the sale of a business.

“We’ve noticed a large number of brokers signing up with us are coming over from the MCA space. They’ve relayed to our staff that competition is too stiff to make enough money only originating MCAs, and they are looking for other avenues to bring in revenue,” Grayson said.

Online lending M&A is under way. PayPal is bolstering its merchant lending capabilities with the addition of Swift Financial. While the deal was kept under wraps, some industry participants heard some buzz about a possible combination.

This borrower required short-term financing to complete $300,000 of tenant improvements to increase the occupancy of his 70% occupied office building. He was also looking for over $500K of unrestricted cash-out for a time sensitive investment in other real estate. The low property occupancy eliminated him from conventional and non-conforming financing, and he needed a quick and easy bridge financing program to close fast!

We funded this stated income loan (no tax returns) for this 100% owner occupied, 32,822 sq. ft. Ohio industrial facility. We refinanced both a first and second mortgage, paid large tax and insurance bills that were coming due and provided $128,000 of unrestricted cash-out. This property is located in a small, rust belt town of less than 18,000 people.

We funded this stated income loan (no tax returns) for a 5 unit CA multifamily property in 32 days. We refinanced a $110,000 first mortgage, paid off $88,000 of delinquent real estate taxes and delivered over $240,000 of unrestricted cash-out.

We used our special, full documentation CA loan program to refinance this conventional borrower at a lower rate. He had difficulty finding a CA lender that would offer him bankable terms for his two property blanket loan request, which most lenders consider an un-bankable request.